The Terrier Saved By America

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270 – August, 2024

By Lee Connor

I think the ‘black and tan’ found in dogs is one of the smartest, most eye-catching of canine coloration combinations. It’s found in numerous breeds–including both the breeds I have kept and bred, Dachshunds and Rottweilers. It’s also the coloration of today’s subject, the Manchester Terrier, who, for a number of years, was so proud of its coloration it actually went by the name of “Black and Tan Terrier”.

I’ve previously written about the toy variety so today will focus on the ‘standard’ Manchester.

Appearing to the uninitiated to be a miniature Doberman, this exquisitely-made terrier is an improved version of the coarse, ungainly Black and Tan Terrier of early days.

These early terriers had shorter legs, broad chests and resembled, in shape, the old-style Sealyham.

They were known as ‘English Terriers’. Richardson, in 1847, describes them as an “active, graceful little dog, usually of a black-and-tan colour, that colouring being the best, though some are white.”

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270 – August, 2024

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